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–noun
1.Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
2.any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc.: a time bomb; a smoke bomb.
3.Also called volcanic bomb. Geology. a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling.
4.aerosol bomb.
5.Football. a long forward pass, esp. one to a teammate who scores a touchdown.
6.Slang.
a.an absolute failure; fiasco: The play was a bomb and closed after two performances.
b.Chiefly British. an overwhelming success: The novel is selling like a bomb.
7.Jazz. a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance.
8.a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials.
9.the bomb,
a.atomic bomb.
b.nuclear weapons collectively.
10.Computers. a spectacular program or system failure.
11.Slang. a powerful automobile or other vehicle.
–verb (used with object)
12.to hurl bombs at or drop bombs upon, as from an airplane; bombard: The enemy planes bombed the city.
13.to explode by means of a bomb or explosive.
14.Computers. to deliberately cause (a computer system) to fail with a program written for the purpose.
–verb (used without object)
15.to hurl or drop bombs.
16.to explode a bomb or bombs.
17.Slang. to be or make a complete failure, esp. to fail to please or gain an audience; flop (sometimes fol. by out): His last play bombed on Broadway. The business bombed out with a $25,000 debt.
18.(of a computer program or system) to fail spectacularly.
19.Informal. to move very quickly: They came bombing through here on their motorcycles at 2 a.m.

[Origin: 1580–90; 1960–65 for def. 17; earlier bom(b)e < Sp bomba (de fuego) ball (of fire), akin to bombo drum < L bombus a booming sound < Gk bómbos]

bombable, adjective
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bomb    Audio Help   (bŏm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. An explosive weapon detonated by impact, proximity to an object, a timing mechanism, or other means.
    2. An atomic or nuclear bomb. Used with the.
    3. A container capable of withstanding high internal pressure.
    4. A vessel for storing compressed gas.
    5. A portable, manually operated container that ejects a spray, foam, or gas under pressure.
    6. A large amount of money.
    7. A great success.
  1. Any of various weapons detonated to release destructive material, such as smoke or gas.
  2. Football A long forward pass.
    1. A container capable of withstanding high internal pressure.
    2. A vessel for storing compressed gas.
    3. A portable, manually operated container that ejects a spray, foam, or gas under pressure.
    4. A large amount of money.
    5. A great success.
  3. Slang A dismal failure; a fiasco.
  4. Slang An old car.
  5. Slang One that is excellent or superior. Used with the.
  6. Chiefly British Slang
    1. A large amount of money.
    2. A great success.

v.   bombed, bomb·ing, bombs

v.   tr.
To attack, damage, or destroy with or as if with bombs.

v.   intr.
  1. To drop a bomb or bombs.
  2. Slang To fail miserably: The play bombed.
  3. Slang To paint a graffito.


[French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus, a booming sound, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.]

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bomb  (n.)
1588, from Fr. bombe, from It. bomba, probably from L. bombus "a buzzing or booming sound," from Gk. bombos "deep and hollow sound," echoic. Originally of mortar shells, etc.; modern sense of "explosive device placed by hand or dropped from airplane" is 1909. Meaning "old car" is from 1953. Meaning "success" is from 1954 (though late 1990s slang in the bomb "the best" is probably a fresh formation); opposite sense of "a failure" is from 1963. The bomb "atomic bomb" is from 1945. Bombshell in the fig. sense of "shattering or devastating thing or event" is from 1860; in ref. to a pretty woman (esp. a blonde) it is attested from 1942. Bomber as a type of military aircraft is from 1917. Bombed "drunk" is from 1959.

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bomb

noun
1. an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions 
2. strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion [syn: bomb calorimeter
3. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" [syn: turkey

verb
1. throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" [syn: bombard
2. fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" [syn: fail] [ant: make it

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bomb

see time bomb.


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bomb [bom] noun
a hollow case containing explosives etc
Example: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.
Arabic: قُنْبُلَه
Chinese (Simplified): 炸弹
Chinese (Traditional): 炸彈
Czech: bomba
Danish: bombe
Dutch: bom
Estonian: pomm
Finnish: pommi
French: bombe
German: die Bombe
Greek: βόμβα
Hungarian: bomba
Icelandic: sprengja
Indonesian: bom
Italian: bomba
Japanese: 爆弾
Korean: 폭탄
Latvian: bumba
Lithuanian: bomba
Norwegian: bombe
Polish: bomba
Portuguese (Brazil): bomba
Portuguese (Portugal): bomba
Romanian: bombă
Russian: бомба
Slovak: bomba
Slovenian: bomba
Spanish: bomba
Swedish: bomb
Turkish: bomba
bomb1 [bom] verb
to drop bombs on
Example: London was bombed several times.
Arabic: يَقْذِفُ بالقَنابِل، يَقْصِفُ
Chinese (Simplified): 投炸弹于
Chinese (Traditional): 投炸彈于
Czech: bombardovat
Danish: bombe
Dutch: bombarderen
Estonian: pommitama
Finnish: pommittaa
French: bombarder
German: bombardieren
Greek: βομβαρδίζω
Hungarian: bombáz
Icelandic: varpa sprengjum (á); gera sprengjuárás (á)
Indonesian: membom, mengebom
Italian: bombardare
Japanese: 爆撃する
Korean: 폭탄을 투하하다
Latvian: bombardēt; mest bumbas
Lithuanian: bombarduoti
Norwegian: bombe
Polish: bombardować
Portuguese (Brazil): bombardear
Portuguese (Portugal): bombardear
Romanian: a bombarda
Russian: бомбить
Slovak: bombardovať
Slovenian: bombardirati
Spanish: bombardear
Swedish: bomba
Turkish: bombalamak
bomb2 [bom] verb
to fail miserably
Example: The play bombed on the first night.
Arabic: يَفْشَلُ بِصورَةٍ بائِسَه
Chinese (Simplified): 失败
Chinese (Traditional): 失敗
Czech: vybouchnout
Danish: mislykkes; blive fiasko
Dutch: floppen
Estonian: läbi kukkuma
Finnish: olla fiasko
French: foirer
German: durchfallen
Greek: αποτυγχάνω παταγωδώς
Hungarian: megbukik
Icelandic: falla (misheppnað fyrirtæki)
Indonesian: gagal
Italian: fare fiasco*, fallire
Japanese: 失敗となる
Korean: ?美속어? 크게 실패하다
Latvian: izgāzties; ciest neveiksmi
Lithuanian: patirti nesėkmę
Norwegian: mislykkes, bli fiasko
Polish: zrobić klapę
Portuguese (Brazil): fracassar
Portuguese (Portugal): fracassar
Romanian: a cădea
Russian: провалиться
Slovak: vybuchnúť
Slovenian: spodleteti
Spanish: fracasar
Swedish: göra fiasko, paja
Turkish: başarısızlığa uğramak
See also: bomber, bombshell

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Main Entry: bombé
—see IRIS BOMBEACUTE

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

bomb
1. General synonym for crash except that it is not used as a noun. Especially used of software or OS failures. "Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb".
2. Atari ST and Macintosh equivalents of a Unix "panic" or Amiga guru, in which icons of little black-powder bombs or mushroom clouds are displayed, indicating that the system has died. On the Macintosh, this may be accompanied by a decimal (or occasionally hexadecimal) number indicating what went wrong, similar to the Amiga guru meditation number. MS-DOS computers tend to lock up in this situation.
3. A piece of code embedded in a program that remains dormant until it is triggered. Logic bombs are triggered by an event whereas time bombs are triggered either after a set amount of time has elapsed, or when a specific date is reached.
[The Jargon File]
(1996-12-08)

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bomb

1. v. General synonym for crash (sense 1) except that it is not used as a noun; esp. used of software or OS failures. "Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb." 2. n.,v. Atari ST and Macintosh equivalents of a Unix `panic' or Amiga guru (sense 2), in which icons of little black-powder bombs or mushroom clouds are displayed, indicating that the system has died. On the Mac, this may be accompanied by a decimal (or occasionally hexadecimal) number indicating what went wrong, similar to the Amiga guru meditation number. MS-DOS machines tend to get locked up in this situation.

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Bomb

Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. ?.]

1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]

A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. --Bacon.

2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.

3. A bomb ketch.

Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion.

Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel.

Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.

Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." --Darwin.
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Bomb

Bomb\, v. t. To bombard. [Obs.] --Prior.
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Bomb

Bomb\, v. i. [Cf. Boom.] To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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